For third time in a row the most powerful person in the world according to FORBES is not President Barack Obama. This time around the person is the Russian Bear, the most powerful Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. Also in the Forbes list of the Most Powerful People in the World, the two Africans and Black that made the list were Aliko Dangote of Nigeria at 64 in the list and Mo Ibrahim of Sudan at 71. These two Africans are billionaires and Dangote is the richest Black person in the world.
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Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
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"Carlos Slim Helu is the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row. He clocks in at $4 billion more than a year ago, thanks to surging stock prices at his financial arm, Grupo Financiero Inbursa, and at his Grupo Carso industrial and retail giant. Pan-Latin American mobile telecom outfit America Movil remains his most valuable holding at $36.3 billion; the company spread its wings to Europe in the past year, buying pieces of Dutch telecom company KPN and Telekom Austria." - Forbes
1. Carlos Slim Helu Net Worth $73 Billion …

Forbes Ranks many African nations as saddest people/place including Nigeria as the 20th Saddest Nation in the World
"The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country (Nigeria) as ranking high in global index for harbouring one of the world's saddest people, saying the country's leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quality leadership to the people.Nigeria also shares the same unenviable position with several other African and Asian countries of the world with the war torn Central African Republic topping the chart as the country harbouring the saddest people in the globe." - Leadership Newes
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The 100 list includes Nigeria's financial minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was number 81, United States First Lady Michelle Obama, Musical singer Beyonce, Television mogul Oprah Winfrey and many others:
"For nine years FORBES has ranked the 100 most powerful women in the world. These are the women who adhere to the traditional classifications of power (political and economic might) and those who have risen to the top of the social and cultural landscape. It is our annual snapshot of women who impact the world.
This year the list features eight heads of state–including our No. 1, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (plus…

Oprah Winfrey Tops List Of the World Highest-Paid Celebrities
"While Oprah took the top-earning slot, bringing in an estimated $165 million in the last year, she was followed by a slew of both "in-the-moment" directors and legendary standbys, like "Transformers" director Michael Bay and Steven Speilberg, who pulled in an estimated $160 million and $130 million respectively between May 2011 and May 2012." (Click over to Forbes for the full list) - Huffington Post
Below are Black Celebrities that made the Forbes list:
Oprah Winfrey
$165 million
The media mogul's earnings fell by a staggering $125…

The African Billionaires List
A record 1,226 billionaires made it to FORBES’ annual ranking of the World’s richest people. African billionaires occupied a little over 1% of the positions on the list. Here are the 16 Africans who made the cut:
Aliko Dangote, $11.2 billion Nigeria, Sugar, Cement, Flour
Africa’s cement king has shed more than $2.6 billion from his net worth since last year as a consequence of Nigeria’s floundering stock market. But don’t feel sorry: Dangote still remains the richest man on the continent. He famously started trading commodities three decades ago with a business loan…

"The Richest Black person in the world is Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi according to forbes list" - Afripol
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is no longer the richest black person in the world. He’s been ousted by Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi who is worth an estimated $12.5 billion. That’s $1.3 billion richer than Dangote.
American TV mogul Oprah Winfrey remains the only black female billionaire in the world. Of the 1,226 people who made it to the 2012 FORBES list of the world billionaires, only 6 are black. These are 6 who made the cut:
Mohammed Al-Amoudi, $12.5…

Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian commodity trader, who owns facilities throughout Africa is once again the richest African as rated by Forbes Magazine
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Worth: $10.1billion
Age: 54
Business: Food and cement
Nigerian commodities titan Aliko Dangote is also Africa's cement king. In late 2010, he listed Dangote Cement on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The company integrated Dangote's cement investments across Africa, including Benue Cement, formerly listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. It's now the largest company on the Nigerian exchange, with a market capitalization of $10 billion. In August, Dangote received approval from the Central Bank…

A Nigerian and Two south Africans made the Forbes' List : Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was ranked 87th, Maria Ramos ranked 93 and Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita ranked 97
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian, " made headlines when she left the World Bank in July, where she was a managing director and the second-in-command, to become the finance minister of Nigeria. While it shocked some supporters who saw her as a contender for the Bank's top job, it also brought a sense of deja-vu. From 2003 to 2006 she served as finance minister of Nigeria under President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose administration was known for…

Fourteen Africans made Forbes billionaires ranking list - 2 Nigerians, 8 Egyptians and 4 South Africans
Forbes yearly billionaires list has ranked Aliko Dangote, the Group President/CEO of Dangote as the richest Nigerian and African with a net fortune quantified at $13.8 billion. He moved from previous ranking list in the world from 436 to 51 in 2011 and that is a meteoric rise.
Together with Alhaji Aliko Dangote and other 13 Africans including another Nigerian, Mike Adenuga with a net worth of $2 billion, eight Egyptians and four South Africans made the 2011 ranking list. In the Forbes global…